Wake Up!
Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav: “The world says that stories are good to put a person to sleep, but I say that with stories you arouse people from sleep.” — Sol Lipkin, A History of Yiddish Literature
Author: Mark J. Chmiel
Three Passions
Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind. –Bertrand Russell
Sick Of/2 by Katie Murphy
A few weeks ago, I reposted a writing practice–topic: Sick Of–by Katie Madges. Katie Murphy commented that she’d write her riff on the same topic. And so, here it is… I’m sick of my boss I’m…
An Evening with Danielle Mackey
We invite you to join us in welcoming Danielle Mackey back to St. Louis! An alum of the Casa de la Solidaridad program and Saint Louis University (2008), Danielle has worked in El Salvador with…
Cheer Up
The first sign that you are becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful. When a woman is gloomy, that may be dyspepsia, but it is not religion…. To the yogini everything is bliss; every…
Kristen’s Handout on Rabi’a for Week #2 on Islamic Mystical Experience
Sessions on the Liberative Potentials of Islamic Mystical Experience with Kristen Andersen Week 2: Rabi’a O my Lord, Thou knowest that the desire of my heart is to obey Thee, and that the light of…
Hanan al-Shaykh’s “The Story of Zahra” (Arab Writers in Translation Reading Circle)
Friends, Our novel this month is by Lebanese writer, Hanan al-Shaykh, The Story of Zahra. Hala Abdelaziz will facilitate our discussion. We meet on Wednesday 27 June from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Center for…
Perspective
Once an aging actress told [Abbé] Mugnier, “When I pass in front of my mirror, I cry out, ‘How beautiful I am!’ Is that a sin?” “No,” murmured the abbé, “It’s only an error.” –From…
Be in Love with Yr Chilean Life
Mary Shannon studied with me last year when she was a freshman at SLU. This year she has been in Chile in a program Katie Schlechter and Cheryl Sullivan experienced a while back. Mary just …
Islamic Mysticism and Liberation: Rabi’a, Rumi, and Malcolm X
I am a big proponent of “Share the wealth.” Accordingly, I have asked our friend Kristen Andersen to share her important work on Islamic mysticism and liberation, the subject of her Master’s thesis in theological…